1986 John Player Triangular Tournament

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The 1986 John Player Triangular Tournament was a cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka between 5 and 7 April 1986. Three teams took part in the tournament: Pakistan, New Zealand and hosts Sri Lanka. The tournament ran concurrently with the 1986 Asia Cup and was arranged partly to compensate for the withdrawal of India from the Asia Cup. [1]

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The John Player Triangular Tournament was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once. Each of the three sides won one match each and Pakistan won the tournament on run rate.

Matches

Table

[2]

TeamPWLTNR RR Points
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 211004.7632
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 211004.5192
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 211003.8912
5 April 1986
Scorecard
Wisden Report
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
137/9 (43 overs)
v
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
140/4 (36.2 overs)
LRD Mendis 24 (31)
W Watson 3/15 (9 overs)
KR Rutherford 34 (50)
A Ranatunga 2/17 (6 overs)
New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Khettarama Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and Mahboob Shah (PAK)
Player of the match: MC Snedden (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 43 overs per side.
  • W Watson (NZ) made his ODI debut.

6 April 1986
Scorecard
Wisden Report
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
191/9 (45 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
195/5 (42.2 overs)
Javed Miandad 67 (100)
KN Amalean 4/46 (9 overs)
A Ranatunga 57 (55)
Abdul Qadir 3/32 (9 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and DR Shepherd (ENG)
Player of the match: Javed Miandad (PAK)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • This match was also the final of the 1986 Asia Cup.

7 April 1986
Scorecard
Wisden Report
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg
214/8 (42 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
217/6 (40.4 overs)
MD Crowe 75 (85)
Mohsin Kamal 4/47 (8 overs)
Javed Miandad 68 (81)
MC Snedden 2/55 (8.4 overs)
Pakistan won by 4 wickets
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: HC Felsinger (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL)
Player of the match: MD Crowe (NZ)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 42 overs per side.

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References

  1. Frindall 1997, pp. 190–191.
  2. "John Player Triangular Tournament 1985/86 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for John Player Triangular Tournament".